How to get your dog to come back when called. Talk and Demo evening

Held by Yolande Bosman on the 27th April 2007.
Tickets - £4.50

Contact Yolande Bosman on 0114 250 9821

If any body could get my dog to come back
it would be well worth £4.50,take him off his lead and thats it,
he does come back eventually but when hes bored with chasing sqirrels and rabbits, and hes a German Shepherd, supposed to be intelligent and easy to train,

We've tried everything, and we've had GSD dogs always and all the others have never wanted to leave your side.

Intelligent doesn't equal easy to train ;) intelligent = damned difficult to train!

Am I right in thinking you're not in Sheffield?

Where and at what time is this?

Hmm... do you know what, it's not on the email! I'll contact her and ask her for the info as I was going to ask for the place anyway.

Will get back to you asap.

Lotti - let me know I really want to do this & it may not be covered by Kim next week.

Intelligent doesn't equal easy to train ;) intelligent = damned difficult to train!

Am I right in thinking you're not in Sheffield?

No I'm more Rotherhan end, is this going to be in Sheffield,
If she's wanting something to practice on,
I've got the perfect pupil.:)

If she's wanting something to practice on,
I've got the perfect pupil.:)

I bet mine is better - Poppy listens to NO ONE

I bet mine is better - Poppy listens to NO ONE

My dogs called poppy too :thumbsup:

this evening will be good as Yolanda knows her stuff

yes!, venue and time please!. do we need to pre-book a ticket?


Huskies are notorious for not coming back. ALL the breed sites and clubs emphasise DO NOT never EVER let them off the lead in an open place. shall attend with one of my clan and see if she can do miriacles :hihi:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels unable to let their dog off the lead.:(

Mine is a nutter who would tear hell-for-leather at any moving target he saw on the horizon and would never come back. He is now confined to the length of his extending lead which frustrates me no end and very probably him as well.

I envy the dog walkers I see in the park with a well-trained dog trotting compliantly a few yards behind (or ahead) and wish he could be the same.

Do let me know Lotti if you can find out times and details please??:thumbsup:

i'm still waiting for an email back with regards to time and place, but if you're interested phone Yolande on the phone number given as tickets need to be booked in advance anyway I think.

yes!, venue and time please!. do we need to pre-book a ticket?


Huskies are notorious for not coming back. ALL the breed sites and clubs emphasise DO NOT never EVER let them off the lead in an open place. shall attend with one of my clan and see if she can do miriacles :hihi:
Ask if she can do the water into wine trick too ;)

Norwegian Elkhounds are the same - probably less so than a husky, but still completely unsuitable to let off a lead

lets face it, a dog isn't just a dog, and we choose our breed for their differences to the others and suitability to our needs ;)

and I was told not to let my dalmatian offlead, to use a headcollar because they can't be trained to walk to heel, and that they are entirely untrainable and never stop bouncing....

There's always some level that you can get to with any breed ;)

And I seem to be the only person on the planet who can return home with the same quantity of beagles I left with, but that's no general recommendation for anybody else to try it on a whim

And I seem to be the only person on the planet who can return home with the same quantity of beagles I left with, but that's no general recommendation for anybody else to try it on a whim

:lol: that post really sounded like you'd tried to lose him!

I'm not saying you should let them off the lead with no training - which of course you know I'm not :D I'm saying a lot of hard work will pay off to some degree with any dog regardless of breed, just not always much!!

I still maintain some breeds have some characteristics you're better acknowledging than fighting ;)

I acknowledge I have a scent hound.
I allow him to sniff all kinds of things he's not supposed to have, just because I know it's what motivates a beagle in somebody else's house to dig in bins seeking that stimulation, but not here ;)

A pocket full of yummy dog biscuits and exercise the dog on an empty stomach. That's the only way that works for me. It's the only time I can get Tilly back quickly and without the selective deafness. :hihi:

Ahhh, selective deafness...

the bane of wives, parents, and Dog-owners, everywhere....

and we certainly acknowledge our breed is very little removed from their wolf ancestry, especially in characteristics and behaviour. the prey drive and instinct to run (and run and run) are just too strong. we in the UK are considered 'soft' by the more traditional husky team users of the world, because we only use voice, not whips, to control our race teams here. think thats to be considered progress indeed.

Hi guys,

Just had info back from Yolande. She doesn't like to give out the venue and times because it is ticket only and otherwise people turn up without having a ticket and they can't fit them in!

If you are interested, the best thing to do is to give her a bell and find out. She also wants to make clear that you can't take the dog with you! :lol:

I can tell you though, that it's in the Endcliffe area of Sheffield.

Thanks for all the interest!

Yolande is really good fun and her classes are always 'interesting'. She did one with us, where she was showing us clicker training and using us as dogs and owners. My god - I hadn't got a clue what to do and ended aimlessly wandering around the garden, begging my owner to explain better. It gave me such a better understanding of poor doggy having to listen to me babbling and shouting, a throwing hands in air.

Ok -so i do have a bull breed - and i work on them only having 1 brain cell. Brain cell is used to EITHER - SNIFF, HEAR, EAT (OR DRIBBLE), WALK (usually RUN) - or kill anything that calls them ugly. That brain cell will only be switched onto one of those previous activities. ie, if SNIFFING, one has to ignore the owner. I wouldn't insult Yolande by bringing one of mine though.

Will get my place booked and hide at the back

bull breed: one brain cell so cant divert it to considering coming back
Husky: Too many brains and makes a carefully thought out conscious decision not to come back
..... think me and you are on a hiding to nowhere with this one really :D :hihi:

I wonder what she'd make of he 'wheeeeeEEEeeeerrre's the dooooOOOOoooogg' yodel we recall ours with? :D

again, acknowledging how beagles function, we emulate the hounds' hunting cry in 'regrouping our pack' - bloody stupid way to train any other breed :hihi:

Success in retreiving said beagle is greeted with 'haaaaiiiiiiry eeeeaaaars'! (here he is, or hairy ears sound the same really :hihi: )

I remember my mums beagles 'regrouping' call from years ago. really quite unique. PMSL imagining you trying to copy that. If you want to hear a sound thats REALLY something else, you should hear our pack when we pull up the van in the forest. the group howl thay do when you open the door is eerie. we take the little ones too young to run as they get walked around on the pre-course check and even they join in. just imagine the pitch range between little pup and full grown male, all howling in harmony, Its ace!

I wonder what she'd make of he 'wheeeeeEEEeeeerrre's the dooooOOOOoooogg' yodel we recall ours with? :D

again, acknowledging how beagles function, we emulate the hounds' hunting cry in 'regrouping our pack' - bloody stupid way to train any other breed :hihi:


Do you know I'm not so sure because I naturally call Takara by calling 'Takaaaaaara doggggggg' and it brings her straight back... although - she comes back to most things - particularly 'come on Stupid!' :lol:

Poppy just looks at me like i'm insane when I call her back. She is not allowed off her lead - this is on her extendable or at the bottom of our garden. Sometimes she comes from the garden but only when she feels like it. She is a real puller on the lead too - but does respond to 'wait' and stops pulling.

As soom as I let Ozzie off the lead on the field he is like something demented. He sets off at full speed and clears the seagulls and rooks( big black birds) off HIS field,this at full cry which sounds better than a screaming yelping, and then runs as far as I can see. On the return trip he stays a short distanc away but not near enough for me to put his lead on, whilst he gets his breath back. Then he is off again with a stop in the Hippo wallow, a dip in the field that fills with water which turns into mud, this bit is hillarious and has me in tears of laughter as he throws mud all over him self. then he is off again. When he has had enough he comes back to me to have his lead on.By the time we get home my golden cocker has turned into a chockycocker. He doesnt even mind the hose pipe bath. I choose a time to take him when there is no other walkers he is quite ok with other dogs but I get so embarassed when he circles other dogs as no amount of whistling will bring him back till he has run himself out.